Jonathan Schoop Wife, Age, Height, Weight, Body Stats

Dutch professional baseball player, Jonathan Schoop currently plays for the Milwaukee Brewers as the first Dutchman to play for the team in Major League Baseball. Previously, Jonathan would have started his major league career with the Baltimore Orioles in 2013, he played five years for the team before being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2018.

Besides playing in MLB, Jonathan Schoop is also a very active member of the Netherlands national baseball team and he helped them win the 2011 Baseball World Cup. Learn more about the life of this talented player, including fascinating information about his marital status and body stats.

Age, early childhood and rise to fame

Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop was born on the 16th day of October 1991 in Willemstad, city of Curacao, Netherlands. Although no detailed information is available about his early education, one thing is certain and that is that the Dutchman was interested in baseball from his teenage years. He is said to have started playing baseball in 2003 when he played for his local team in the Little League World Series before being signed as a free agent for the Baltimore Orioles. Jonathan Schoop competed in the 2011 Future All-Star Game alongside teammate Manny Machado and was honored with the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year award.

The baseballer was re-signed by the Baltimore Orioles in 2013 from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides and played his first game for the Orioles on September 25. He finished that season with a batting record .286, 5 runs and 1 run. The following season, he helped his team win the AL East league title for the first time since 1997. In his 137 appearances, he recorded a remarkable .209 hitting, including 16 home runs with 45 RBI. The following season, Jonathan got injured and was unable to play actively that season. He only played 86 matches. The following year was little recorded, but he finished the season with 25 home runs. His doubles and RBI are 38 and 82 respectively.

According to the American League Most Valuable Player voting in 2017, Jonathan Schoop was voted number 12 and also had a strong season reaching the peak of his career, recording the best stats to date in his runs scored, home runs, batting, appearance at plate, average, on base, RBI and OPS. He finished the season with 32 home runs and 105 runs scored in the 160 matches he played.

At the start of 2018, he was not allowed to play for the team due to an oblique traction injury he suffered, but returned to action after 10 days. After four months, his team traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jonathan Villar, Luis Ortiz and Jean Carmona. Jonathan Schoop still plays for the Milwaukee Brewers to this day, being the first Dutchman to play for the team.

What does he earn as a salary?

The Dutchman signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles worth $8,500,000. However, Jonathan Schoop earns an adjusted salary of $2,833,338 from the Milwaukee Brewers where he was traded.

Jonathan Schoop wife

Jonathan Schoop is however of Dutch descent, there is no detailed information about his parents and family, apart from the fact that his brother, Sharlon Schoop, is also an athlete who plays baseball for the Minor League of Baltimore Orioles.

A look at his love life shows that the Dutch baseball player is not yet married, but has a lovely girlfriend named Limayri Johalife who is from Curacao, the same city as him. The duo have been dating for a while and they have two daughters, Jae’Lyane Isabell Schoop and Jae’Lan Elijah Schoop.

Her Body Stats: Height and Weight

Jonathan Schoop has a gallantly well-built athletic body of 1.88 m in height and 95 kg in weight. It is difficult to obtain detailed information on the rest of his measurements.